Hot VWs Magazine - Latest Issue – June 2024 Edition

Hot VWs Magazine June 2024: THE ART OF BARE METAL

On the cover: It's almost a shame to paint Eliot Vancil's very rare 1949 Heb... It's absolutely perfect! (Photo: Stephan Szantai)

A METAL MEISTERPIECE
There is some rationale for featuring Eliot Vancil’s bare-metal, unfinished 1949 Bug in our pages, starting with the rarity of the model – a Type 14 Hebmüller....

IDAHO HUNTING BUGGY
Jeff Elrod grew up in a drag racing as well as off-road racing family, competing with air-cooled power for over five decades......

OLD SCHOOL POWER PART 4
Welcome back to our on-going series on building a mild performance street engine. What is different about building a so-called “Old School” engine is that you are using a mixture of new....

DETHROD!
Nathan Howe has built a Bug that turns heads wherever he goes. His Volksrod, which he describes as “a kind of kooky, nostalgic TV hot rod,” has been redone three times, with this version being the wildest.

OLD VOLKS SHOW OKLAHOMA
At the heart of every active VW community always lies a vibrant VW club. The VW Club of Oklahoma stands as one of the greatest examples......

BUILDING BEATRICE
Kevin Davis grew up in the Hot Rod culture; he was a Mopar guy and still is today. Even so, like many, he had an appreciation for Volkswagens which began in high school and culminates in a custom 1957 Oval that is truly one of a kind.........

PUDDLES
Three generations of the Clough family transformed a project car from the Arizona desert, establishing roots in the Pacific Northwest........

PUYALLUP REVIVAL
Digging deeper into our archives, we uncovered a set of color slides dating.......

BUGGY WONDER YEARS PART 15
As the traditional custom car craze began to fade during the 1960s, several builder.......

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